/* -*- mode: C++ ; c-file-style: "stroustrup" -*- *****************************
 * Qwt Widget Library
 * Copyright (C) 1997   Josef Wilgen
 * Copyright (C) 2002   Uwe Rathmann
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the Qwt License, Version 1.0
 *****************************************************************************/

#ifndef QWT_CURVE_FITTER_H
#define QWT_CURVE_FITTER_H

#include "qwt_global.h"
#include <qpolygon.h>
#include <qpainterpath.h>

/*!
  \brief Abstract base class for a curve fitter
*/
class QWT_EXPORT QwtCurveFitter
{
public:
    /*!
      \brief Preferred mode of the fitting algorithm

      Even if a QPainterPath can always be created from a QPolygonF
      the overhead of the conversion can be avoided by indicating
      the preference of the implementation to the application
      code.
     */
    enum Mode
    {
        /*!
          The fitting algorithm creates a polygon - the implementation
          of fitCurvePath() simply wraps the polygon into a path.

          \sa QwtWeedingCurveFitter
         */
        Polygon,

        /*!
          The fitting algorithm creates a painter path - the implementation
          of fitCurve() extracts a polygon from the path.

          \sa QwtSplineCurveFitter
         */ 
        Path
    };

    virtual ~QwtCurveFitter();

    Mode mode() const;

    /*!
        Find a curve which has the best fit to a series of data points

        \param polygon Series of data points
        \return Curve points

        \sa fitCurvePath()
     */
    virtual QPolygonF fitCurve( const QPolygonF &polygon ) const = 0;

    /*!
        Find a curve path which has the best fit to a series of data points

        \param polygon Series of data points
        \return Curve path

        \sa fitCurve()
     */
    virtual QPainterPath fitCurvePath( const QPolygonF &polygon ) const = 0;

protected:
    QwtCurveFitter( Mode mode );

private:
    QwtCurveFitter( const QwtCurveFitter & );
    QwtCurveFitter &operator=( const QwtCurveFitter & );

    const Mode d_mode;
};

#endif
